“Brock came in. You know, he popped for that thing, but he beat Mark Hunt, who was one of the top guys. He’s a former world champion, and it’s a fight that people want to see.”
That was Dana White at the UFC 226 post-fight press conference, who he didn’t exactly do a good job at trying to justify Brock Lesnar getting a title shot in 2018. But honestly, how could anyone?
Lesnar’s 2016 decision win over Hunt was overturned because he failed a drug test. Prior to that, he had a long hiatus and two losses to Alistair Overeem and Cain Velasquez, meaning his last official UFC victory dates back to July of 2010.